Barbara Oakley's intriguing new book, Cold-Blooded Kindness: Neuroquirks of a Codependent Killer, or Just Give Me a Shot at Loving You, Dear, and Other Reflections on Helping That Hurts, tells the story of Carole Alden, a mother of five who in 2006 shot her husband at point-blank range in their Utah home. The newspaper headlines at the time depicted Alden as a sympathetic victim of domestic violence who killed her husband in self-defense. The National Enquirer even ran a story with the provocative headline Woman Marries for Love—Then Kills for